If we're going to all toss names around, how about "phoebus" (one of the appelations of Apollo). From the Wikipedia article on Apollo: > Phoebus (
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/ˈfiːbəs/ fee-bəs; Φοίβος, Phoibos, literally "radiant")
There's a number of tech things with that name, but I don't think any of them is an operating system. On Jun 21, 2011, at 12:54 AM, jaimef wrote: > BigRed > > Marion Hakanson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What's wrong with just "illumos"? If you need to distinguish, just use >> "illumos, the kernel" or "illumos, OS/Net" vs "illumos, the distribution". >> The original "OpenSolaris, the distribution" was based on "OpenSolaris, >> the kernel", and other distributions based on "Opensolaris, the kernel" >> did exist. >> >> One can even get more specific about distros, e.g. "illumos desktop", >> "illumos server", or "illumos live usb", if needed. >> >> Sure, OI-147 and OI-148 did not come from "illumos, the kernel", but it >> seems unlikely anyone is going to go back to a base of "OpenSolaris, the >> kernel" for OpenIndiana, once it's completed the shift to the illumos base. >> >> Do we really need a different name for the "main" distribution? I personally >> find it unnecessary, and it makes explaining to people what the heck OS I'm >> using a lot harder. I have to give a whole family tree history instead of >> just saying, "Illumos is the open source fork of Solaris 11." >> >> I also happen to think "illumos" is an excellent name. Use it everywhere. >> >> Regards, >> >> Marion >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- The waitress asked, "Do you want lemon or no lemon with that iced tea?" Naturally, I said "yes", and then burst out laughing, because there simply wasn't any other answer in Boolean logic. She didn't get it, but I got the lemon, which I wanted anyway. Later, I realized a quantum computer could have offered another answer: Schroedinger's Lemon!
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